"The Reckoning" explores the creation of the first international court in history used to investigate and prosecute perpetrators, no matter how powerful, for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In recent years, charges of genocide have been leveled against the government of Sudan for violent attacks on Darfuris. In 2005, the United Nations Security Council asked the International Criminal...

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC, have had their share of dangers: the country's civil war has killed millions of people, left a nation traumatized and...

Eve Ensler, V-Day founder and author of "The Vagina Monologues", discusses her efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to end sexual violence against women. Ensler is creating the...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: November 22, 2010) Former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, charged with ordering rebel fighters on a rape and killing spree...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: November 17, 2010) A group of 20 army officers say they've taken over the government in Madagascar. The Prime Minister has called for an emergency...

(DR Congo) This video is one by three finalists in the World Bank Institute and Jeunesse Musicales International competition, "Fair Play Anti-Corruption Youth Voices." Katya Emmanuel is part of the...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: April 15, 2010) Volcanic ash from an Icelandic volcano has grounded air traffic in northern Europe, including the UK. Kyrgyzstan's ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has...

Sexual violence is the hallmark of conflict in Eastern Congo. Some women seek medical help for their injuries, but very few go further and demand justice for their attackers'...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 8, 2010) Police in Egypt arrested three suspects in the drive-by shootings of six Coptic Christians on Coptic Christmas Eve. In Malaysia, Christian churches...

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 31, 2009) The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Afghanistan that killed eight Americans who worked for the CIA...

(Al Jazeera English: October 30, 2009) Supporters of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya cheer a deal which paves way for Zelaya's reinstatement. Also, clashes continue between rival ethnic groups in...

(Al Jazeera English: October 22, 2009) This special report looks at the epidemic of rape and sexual crimes and their horrific aftermath in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a troubled...